SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1117        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1375

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Cindy F. Friedman

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to postpartum depression screening.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

 

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

1/24/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

1/26/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/31/2023

Lydia Edwards

Third Suffolk

2/2/2023

Marc R. Pacheco

Third Bristol and Plymouth

2/7/2023

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

2/13/2023

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth

3/20/2023

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

4/6/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

6/16/2023


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1117        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1375

By Ms. Friedman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1375) of Cindy F. Friedman, Rebecca L. Rausch, Patrick M. O'Connor, Vanna Howard and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to postpartum depression screening.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2285 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to postpartum depression screening.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 10N the following section:-

Section 10O. The division shall provide coverage of screenings by pediatricians for postpartum depression in parents of newly born children during any visit to a pediatrician’s office taking place for up to 1 year from the date of the child’s birth.